Improvement in mop-wringers



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

MICHAEL REGAN, OF GANASTOTA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOP-WRINGERS.

Specifioation forming part of Letters Patent No. 165349, dated July 27,1875; application filed December l, 1874.

To alt whom it may concm:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL REGAN, of Ganastota, Madison county, Stateof New York, have inveted certain Improvements in Mop-Wringers, of whichthe following is a specifieation The object of my invention is toprovide for a combined tub and mop-wringer which is so constructed thatclean water for immersing the mop is kept in one separate compartnent,while the dirty water, wrung by aid of the wringer out of the nop, iscollected in another separate conpartment.

My ivention consists in constructing, by preference, an oval tub, whichis partitioned oft' in the center by a vertical partition placed betweenthe two arrow sides of the tub. To the top of the tub, over one of theCompartments, is the wringer fastened, which consists of one rollerrotating in journals fastened to the top of the tub near to the centerpartition, and another roller rotating in journals fastened to the endof springs having arms pivoted in journzls, which are fastened to thetop and the outer sides of the tub. By this arrangenent thelast-mentioned roller may be elevated, so as to readily place the mopbetween the rollers.

By depressing the roller either with the hand or the foot, the operator,drawing the mop toward himself, removes easily the dirty water from thenop and deposits the same in the compartment over which it is held. Theaforementioned springs serve to press the rollers together when the mopis draw through them.

' After this process the mop is inmersed into the second compartment,containing the clean water.

In 'order to more fully'describe n y invention I refer to theaecompanying drawing forning a part of this specification, 'of which-Figure I is a Vertical sectional View of a combined tub and wringerenbodying my in 4 Vetion. Fig. lI is a plan View ot' the same.

A and B are the two separate conpartments of the tub T. G is thepartition separating the two compartments. D is one of thewringerrollers, pivoted in journals e e, fastened to the tub at f f. Gis the other wringer-roller, pivoted in jourals h h, applied to the endsof the spri gs I I. K K are the arms, which are pivoted in the journalsl l, fasteed to the tub at m m. N is a guard for holding the springs inposition, serving at the same time as handle for elevating the roller,and as a foot-rest for depressing the same.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to claima In a mop-wringer,the' combination, with a tub, T, having two compartments, A B, and iprovided with a roller, D, arranged over the compartment B, andrevolving in journals e e, fixed to sides of said compartment, of thearms K K, pivoted at one end to thesides of the chamber B, and at theopposite end provided with springs I, formed with journals L h at theirlower end s, for supporting the roller G, the whole being constructedand operating substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

This speoification signed this 9th day of November, 187 4.

MICHAEL BEGAN.

Witnesses 2 y ANTON O. CRONDAL, FRANKLIN BARRITT.

